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[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.] Group of 25 letters and documents by Signers of the Declaration. LEE, Richard Henry (VA). ADS, n.d. [ca. 1761] 1p., oblong 12mo. Burned at top edge. Receipt for 5 pounds eight shillings from George Washington. Docketed by Washington on verso. -- McKEAN, Thomas. LS (circular) to Gov. Greene, 21 September 1781. 1p., 4to, fine. Enclosing (not present) Acts of Congress. -- McKEAN, Thomas (PA). DS, 4 August 1786. 1p., folio, ornately engraved. Land grant to Michael Breitinger. -- LIVINGSTON, Philip (NY). DS, 14 Feb. 1760. 1p., 8vo. Notarized affidavit in a libel suit, Lydeck v. Lydebach. -- [MORRIS, Robert (PA)]. Draft letter, unsigned from Morris to John Paul Jones (a copy sent to John Langdon), 18 February 1782. 2pp., folio. The building of the ship America and regretting Jones’s feud with Langdon. -- RUSH Benjamin. ALS to unidentified, 9 October 1804. 2pp., 4to. A letter of introduction for a teacher. -- MORRIS, Robert (PA). DS, 14 August 1797. 1p., oblong, browned. Receipt for North American land Co. -- PAINE, Robert Treat (MA). AMS, 19 December 1787. 1p., 4to. Legal pleading on behalf of James Lovel. -- MORRIS, Robert (PA). DS, 31 October 1776. 1p., oblong 8vo, stained. Ordering a pilot for the ship Mary & Elizabeth, “in the Continental service.” -- MORTON, John (PA). DS, 3 April 1772. A one-shilling Pennsylvania note. -- READ, GEORGE (de). Ds, 3 December 1752. 1p., 4to. Legal filing in Schultze v. Wink. -- ROSS, George (PA). ADS, ca. January 1776. 1p., folio, browned. Legal pleading in Zuntzinger v. Woodward. -- ROSS, George (PA). ADS, April 1751. 1p., folio. Legal pleading in Mifflin v. Buchanan. -- READ, George (DE). ADS, Nov. 1778. 1p., 12mo. Legal pleading in McGiver v. Toppin. PACA, William (MD). ADS, 17 Dec. 1796. A promissory note to John Kerney. -- PENN, John (NC). DS (“J.P.”), 1 August 1785. 1p., oblong, 4to. Legal pleading in Bristow v. Springfield. -- ROSS, George (PA). ADS, ca. December 1759. 3pp., folio. Deposition in case of John Everly. -- [MORRIS, Robert (PA).] Partly printed DS, 22 July 1793. 1p., folio. Land transfer with May 1794 notation noting transfer to Morris. -- MORRIS, Robert (PA). DS, 12 May 1795. 1p., oblong 8vo. Signed on verso of $1,500 promissory note from John Nicholson. -- PAINE, Robert Treat (MA). DS, 3 June 1767. 1p., oblong 8vo. Ordering a defendant to appear. -- MORTON, John (PA). DS, 26 July 1776. 1p., oblong folio. Appointing George Waln a major in Bucks Co. militia. -- LIVINGSTON, Philip. DS, 11 October 1768. 1p., oblong folio. Naming Isaac Vroman captain of a company of militia. -- PENN, John. Two DS, 16 March 1775 and 17 April 1765. A land grant to John Gibson (1p., folio, vellum, with pendant seal) and a land grant for Peter Bixler (1p., folio, vellum). -- PENN, John. DS, 12 October 1776. 1p., folio, vellum. A land grant to Richard Wister. No no. -- MORTON, John (PA). Clipped signature, on a receipt, n.d. Together 25 items.
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Please note there is one John Penn signed document in this group, a 1785 document bearing his initials. The other three John Penn pieces in this lot are not the North Carolina signer.